So this past Friday was the peanut’s second photo shoot – a bit more involved than the first photo shoot 9 weeks ago. This appointment took longer than I had thought it would be – I think we got out of the hospital 90m later (after registering and taking a slight detour to the nursery).
A few days prior, S had been debating on whether we should find out what the sex of the baby is – so, before we got settled, I told the radiology tech that we didn’t want to know the sex…right? Right. So when time came to explore “the area”, she asked us to close our eyes / look away from the screen. Fortunately, she says that she didn’t “fight” to find out since we didn’t want to know.
Aside from that, peanut’s got 4 chambers in the heart, a spinal cord, 2 arms, 2 hands, a total of 10 fingers, 2 legs, 2 feet, a total of 10 toes (& other stuff they’re supposed to have, I’m sure), approximately weighing in at 9 ounces and is looking good. The MD commented on what a “beautiful profile” peanut has! (We couldn’t get a clear view of the brain because Peanut’s head is/was right below my belly button and the tech poked and prodded but Peanut wouldn’t budge – rather, there was leg movement and what looked like a “don’t-bug-me” punch.)
Pix from the photo shoot are posted on S’ blog here.
Incense, Inside & Home
The rest of the weekend wasn’t so…joyous. S & I had our 2nd funeral in 3 weeks. My aunt’s father had passed away. I hadn’t been to a “traditional” chinese funeral in a while, so the customs/rituals that I had witnessed left an impression on me. The burning of the incense, the bowing, the tea, money and oranges placed near the casket for the journey into the afterlife.
Saturday night, we saw the latest Spike Lee movie, The Inside Man – which wasn’t too bad.
Sunday, we started off the day with having brunch with Bill and Niki – whom we haven’t seen in a while – at Home. We chatted about poker, their wedding plans and our baby plans over pancakes, eggs, bloody marys, mimosas and water. Then S & I were off to IKEA. We’ve got goals to remodel the kitchen, so we went to check out the possibilities. (Consumer reports ranked IKEA kitchen cabinets pretty high.) We also checked out the cribs – I’m not completely sold on the IKEA crib – but I must say that they are a LOT cheaper than the ones we’ve seen at Lullaby Lane.
And here we are again…Monday. Yay.
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